LGBTQ Lit

A Connected World—By Christopher DiRaddo

Montreal’s gay, lesbian, and feminist bookstore, L’Androgyne, closed for good in 2002. At the time, I knew I was going … Continue reading A Connected World—By Christopher DiRaddo

The Circle of Mentorship—By Shelagh Plunkett

Linda Kay—author, journalist and teacher—died last October. In 2006 she was assigned to mentor me by the Quebec Writers’ Federation, … Continue reading The Circle of Mentorship—By Shelagh Plunkett

Recently, I was lucky enough to sit on a panel with fellow writers Erín Moure and Will Aitken. During the … Continue reading Trauma Ethics—By Lindsay Nixon

“Les langues sont toutes les mêmes lorsqu’elles tournent ensemble.” —Danny Plourde “All languages are the same when they’re in tune.” … Continue reading All Languages / Languages All—By Rachel McCrum

Header image: Letters sent to Caroline Vu by her Vietnamese friends in the 1970s. By some incredible stroke of good … Continue reading Us Impostors—By Caroline Vu

Is a writer who isn’t writing still a writer? And if so, for how long a stretch? These are the … Continue reading Writing about Not Writing—By Sivan Slapak

“New line numeral one period space cap that the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog bold lazy dog … Continue reading What If Your Computer Listened to You?—By Mariam S. Pal

I was sitting by the gas-lit fireplace in my local library when a book on the table caught my eye. … Continue reading Amazing Grace: A Literary Friendship—By S. Nadja Zajdman

The Federal government is in the process of revising the Copyright Act. If you don’t think that matters to writers, … Continue reading Copyright: What’s the Big Deal?— By Julie Barlow

I am bad at submitting my work. Too often I build up rejection in my mind to be a personal … Continue reading Dreadlines: Conquering the Fear of Submission—by Nicola Sibthorpe